How robust is Reporting Services 2005

Hi,
I am thinking to suggest Reporting Services 2005 to our client to build
several complex/mission critical reports.
The only point that is not clear for me is that how robust is the current
beta version of SSRS 2005?
Can we start report development on SSRS 2005 latest beta version and then
continue using the final release in November?
Is the latest beta version of SSRS 2005 aligning with the Visual Studio 2005
Release Candidate 1?
I am asking because there are some report viewer user controls for visual
studio 2005 that is included in SSRS 2005. I am not sure those report viewer
user controls work in VS2005 release candidate 1.
Any help, suggestion or advice would be appreciated,
AlanAlan,
There will, I suspect, be few changes between Sept CTP of RS2005 and
the RTM version.
Sept CTP is certainly robust enough to develop on and previous
versions have been for quite some time.
Sept CTP of RS2005 is compatible with VS2005 RC.
Install Sept CTP first, then VS2005.
Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:01:05 -0400, "A.M-SG"
<alanalan@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am thinking to suggest Reporting Services 2005 to our client to build
>several complex/mission critical reports.
>
>The only point that is not clear for me is that how robust is the current
>beta version of SSRS 2005?
>
>Can we start report development on SSRS 2005 latest beta version and then
>continue using the final release in November?
>
>Is the latest beta version of SSRS 2005 aligning with the Visual Studio 2005
>Release Candidate 1?
>
>I am asking because there are some report viewer user controls for visual
>studio 2005 that is included in SSRS 2005. I am not sure those report viewer
>user controls work in VS2005 release candidate 1.
>
>Any help, suggestion or advice would be appreciated,
>Alan
>
>|||Hello,
For questions of SQL server 2005, please access the following website and
then click "SQL Server 2005 Forums on MSDN":
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sql.mspx
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Microsoft Online Partner Support
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This newsgroup, as I understand it, is intended to cover all versions
of Reporting Services.
I have asked internally if there will be a separate Reporting Services
2005 newsgroup and was told that this newsgroup is the one where SQL
Server 2000 and 2005 Reporting Services will be answered.
I am happy to continue to help users and answer Reporting Services
2005 questions in this newsgroup.
Of course, the fora provide an alternate place to ask questions.
Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:02:13 GMT, v-sguo@.online.microsoft.com (Sophie
Guo [MSFT]) wrote:
>Hello,
>For questions of SQL server 2005, please access the following website and
>then click "SQL Server 2005 Forums on MSDN":
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sql.mspx
>Thanks for cooperation.
>Sophie Guo
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>=====================================================>When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
>that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
>=====================================================>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>|||Hello Andrew,
Thanks very much for your reply and useful information provided. I agreed
much with you that most of features should be OK now and it is OK to
program in SQL 2005. Perhaps there will be some minor change between CTP
and RTM version. But Alan doesn't need to change much code after the final
version releases. Besides, you are right that all SQL reporting service
related issues can be posted here.
For this particular post, Alan is a MSDN subscriber and posted his question
in MSDN managed newsgroup. Our team has commitment to reply him and work
with him on it. Or if it is beyond our newsgroup support boundary, we
should let Alan know as soon as possible so that he could find some other
proper channel if he feel it is necessary. That is why Sophie replied him
that.
Surely all we have done is not stopping community from answering Alan. I
believe all the information is welcome here expecially experience sharing.
Please do continue to share your experience here and let's work together to
make it better and better.
Thanks very much for your understanding.
Have a good day.
Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Community Support
Get Secure! ¨C www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||I'm surprised there are no words of caution.
Looking at your time frame, there are only a few weeks until the final
version is released, so there is a limited amount of work you'll be
able to accomplish before you'll be looking to re-install.
Installing the final release where you had beta versions running may
not be a trivial task. I don't know how many machines you are dealing
with, but you may want to limit the extent to which you install the
CTP.|||Hi Yanhong,
No problem. :) I am sure that we all want users to get maximum benefit
from Reporting Services 2005.
Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:29:03 GMT, yhhuang@.online.microsoft.com
(Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT]) wrote:
>Hello Andrew,
>Thanks very much for your reply and useful information provided. I agreed
>much with you that most of features should be OK now and it is OK to
>program in SQL 2005. Perhaps there will be some minor change between CTP
>and RTM version. But Alan doesn't need to change much code after the final
>version releases. Besides, you are right that all SQL reporting service
>related issues can be posted here.
>For this particular post, Alan is a MSDN subscriber and posted his question
>in MSDN managed newsgroup. Our team has commitment to reply him and work
>with him on it. Or if it is beyond our newsgroup support boundary, we
>should let Alan know as soon as possible so that he could find some other
>proper channel if he feel it is necessary. That is why Sophie replied him
>that.
>Surely all we have done is not stopping community from answering Alan. I
>believe all the information is welcome here expecially experience sharing.
>Please do continue to share your experience here and let's work together to
>make it better and better.
>Thanks very much for your understanding.
>Have a good day.
>Best regards,
>Yanhong Huang
>Microsoft Community Support
>Get Secure! ¨C www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||I'm surprised there are no words of caution.
Looking at your time frame, there are only a few weeks until the final
version is released, so there is a limited amount of work you'll be
able to accomplish before you'll be looking to re-install.
Installing the final release where you had beta versions running may
not be a trivial task. I don't know how many machines you are dealing
with, but you may want to limit the extent to which you install the
CTP.sql